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Game design. I'll admit, it's probably nostalgia talking, but things felt more perfected with 2. Diddy and Dixie felt more... deliberate, more like they filled similar but distinct niches. And since Diddy was faster, but took more precise control and you likely lost him first, it acted as a sort of dynamic difficulty.

Also, better boss variety than just "jump on the giant version of a normal enemy".

Game design. I'll admit, it's probably nostalgia talking, but things felt more perfected with 2. Diddy and Dixie felt more... deliberate, more like they filled similar but distinct niches. And since Diddy was faster, but took more precise control and you likely lost him first, it acted as a sort of dynamic difficulty.

Also, better boss variety than just "jump on the giant version of a normal enemy".

It's not just you. 2 is definitely considered the best of the three Super Nintendo DKCs. It's a combination of things; level design, variety of stages, music, and the fact that DKC2 rewards you for speed. Spawns are deliberately placed to be in the perfect position for running as fast as you can. No waiting required.

I will absolutely admit that DKC2's difficulty makes a jump once lava starts showing up in regularity, and then another pretty significant jump right around Krazy Kremland, and I could never really get past that as a kid.

PMush Perfect fucked around with this message at Jul 19, 2015 around 03:29

It's not just you. 2 is definitely considered the best of the three Super Nintendo DKCs. It's a combination of things; level design, variety of stages, music, and the fact that DKC2 rewards you for speed. Spawns are deliberately placed to be in the perfect position for running as fast as you can. No waiting required.

Lava Lagoon and Glimmer's Galleon can suck dicks though.

Hey don't present your opinion as a consensus! I've actually heard a multitude of people say 3 is the best. Even I think 3 is better than 2. Even though the original is the best one

Hey don't present your opinion as a consensus! I've actually heard a multitude of people say 3 is the best. Even I think 3 is better than 2. Even though the original is the best one

I feel like 3 tries too hard to innovate, and by the end of the game, it's pretty bleh. Very "here's the new setpiece/gimmick". The giant barrel boss was loving brilliant, though. I liked the non-standard "damage" you did, though. (Feeding him items so he burped himself backwards into a hole, before he pushed you back into the hole on the opposite side.)

I feel like 3 tries too hard to innovate, and by the end of the game, it's pretty bleh. Very "here's the new setpiece/gimmick". The giant barrel boss was loving brilliant, though. I liked the non-standard "damage" you did, though. (Feeding him items so he burped himself backwards into a hole, before he pushed you back into the hole on the opposite side.)

To be fair I liked most of the too-late SNES games. Yoshi's Island is my favorite video game of all time.